Sleeping pad



ITnen-r I@ mm C. D. KARR SLEEPING PAD Sept. 3, 1935.

Filed March 30, 1954 Patented Sept. 3, 1935 UNHTED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

The invention relates to pads especially adapted to be placed upon a spring mattress, taking the place of an attached padding therefor.

The objects of the invention are to simplify and generally improve the construction of such pads, and to provide a pad the opposite sides of which will differ in warmth. Other objects will be apparent from the appended description of the pad.

In the accompanying drawing- Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, of the pad in course of manufacture; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail showing the inner section of the pad and a tie cord looped therethrough.

The improved pad is composed of three separate layers, the central layer Ill being preferably a compressed bat of fibrous material, such as cotton, wool, or commercial curled hair, and the outer layers II, I2, being in the form of quilts filled with similar material. The outer facing of each of the quilts should be of stout material, such as ticking. Its inner facing may be of lighter material, such as muslin.

Each of the quilts is stitched through at frequent intervals, as indicated at I3. These seams are preferably formed under light tension, and do not materially lessen the pliability of the quilt. The two quilts are secured together by means of stout threads or cords I4. Preliminary to the assembling of the several sections of the pad these cords may be stitched through the middle section I0, that loose ends may be available at each side of the bat.

As I am now practicing the invention one of the quilts is applied to the face of the inner bat and secured thereto by means of the cord ends I4, stitched through its inner facing and tied. The companion quilt is similarly secured, the cords I4 being in this instance drawn somewhat tightly through the middle section of the pad and, after being stitched to the inner facing of the quilt, are knotted for secure attachment. The cords I4 may be as numerous as the judgment of the manufacturer may dictate. I have found that they may be few in number, and need not be disposed systematically. The procedure in securing the outer quilts together by means of cords passing through the middle element may vary.

As indicated at Fig. 1, the cords Ill have been first looped through the inner face of the lower quilt and then passed through the inner element and their ends left free to be engaged (one or both of them) with the inner facing of the upper quilt by means of a needle and then tied together.

As suggested in Fig. 2, both ends of the cord may be rst passed through the inner bat, leaving a loopl on one side thereof, the loose ends being then secured to the inner facing of a quilt, the loop at the opposite side of the pad may be cut and the separated ends similarly secured to 15 the inner facing of the other quilt.

The pad is provided with a marginal boxing I5, of stout material, such as ticking, stitched to the margins of the quilts, the attaching seams being preferably bound by tape, as indicated at I6.

One of the quilts, as I 2, is preferably lled with wool, and the other, II, with commercial curled hair, thereby providing facings differing in warmth.

The details of construction may be varied within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention- 1. A sleeping pad comprising an inner bat of fibrous material, a quilt formed of a bat of fibrous material enclosed between fab-ric sheets engaged 30 directly with the fibrous material on each opposite face of the inner bat, and means securing the quilts to the inner bat comprising cords attached to the inner fabric sheets of the quilts and penetrating the inner bat of the pad.

2. A sleeping pad comprising an inner bat of fibrous material, a quilt formed of a bat of fibrous material enclosed between fab-ric sheets engaged directly with the fibrous material on each opposite face of the inner bat, and means securing the 4 quilts to the inner bat comprising cord-s attached to the inner fabric sheets of the quilts and penetrating the inner bat of the pad, in combination with a fabric boxing covering the sides of the pad and secured to the margin of the quilts.

CHARLES D. KARR. 

